The tug of war contest at the 1920 Summer Olympics was held on August 17, 1920, and on August 18, 1920. All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system.

This was the last time the tug of war was in the Olympic program. The British team entirely consisted of City of London Police officers and so the gold medal is still at that force's museum.

Medal summary

GoldSilverBronze
Great Britain George Canning Frederick Humphreys Frederick Holmes Edwin Mills John Sewell John James Shepherd Harry Stiff Ernest ThornNetherlands Wilhelmus Bekkers Johannes Hengeveld Sijtse Jansma Henk Janssen Antonius van Loon Willem van Loon Marinus van Rekum Willem van RekumBelgium Édouard Bourguignon Alphonse Ducatillon Rémy Maertens Christin Piek Henri Pintens Charles Van den Broeck François Van Hoorenbeek Gustave Wuyts

Participating nations

A total of 40(*) tug of war competitors from 5 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

(*) NOTE: Only competitors who participated in at least one pull are counted.

Two Italian reserves are known.

Results

PlaceNation
1Great Britain
2Netherlands
3Belgium
4United StatesCharlton Brosius Stephen Fields Sylvester Granrose Lloyd Kelsey Joseph Kszyczewiski William Penn Joseph Rond Joseph Winston
5ItalyAdriano Arnoldo Silvio Calzolari Romolo Carpi Giovanni Forni Rodolfo Rambozzi Carlo Schiappapietra Giuseppe Tonani Amedeo ZottiCesare Cogliolo Pietro Scasso

Gold medal round

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Great Britain2
United States0Great Britain2
Belgium0
Great Britain2
Netherlands0
Netherlands2
Italy0

Silver medal round

SemifinalsFinal
Belgium2
United States0Belgium0
Netherlands2

Bronze medal round

SemifinalsFinal
United States2
Italy0United States0
Belgium2

External links

  • at SR/Olympics (archived)